[MacPorts] #44494: p5.xx-modul -> is macports creating another "RPM" hell?

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#44494: p5.xx-modul -> is macports creating another "RPM" hell?
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  Reporter:  ora.et.labora@…  |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect           |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal           |  Milestone:
 Component:  base             |    Version:  2.3.1
Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
      Port:                   |
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Changes (by ryandesign@…):

 * cc: ryandesign@… (added)
 * type:  request => defect


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:3 larryv@…]:
 > However, some software changes so much between versions and is critical
 to so much other software that we //have to// keep multiple versions
 around, or a ton of other stuff would break. Compilers (`gcc*`, `clang*`,
 `llvm*`), language implementations (`python*`, `perl*`, `ruby*`), and
 databases (`mysql*`, `postgresql*`) are the usual culprits.

 Right. If for example you are a web site designer and you've written a web
 site with php 5.3 and mysql 5.1, it's possible that upgrading to php 5.5
 and mysql 5.6 would break your site. You may not have time right now to
 fix your site to be compatible with the newer versions, or you may have
 designed the site for a client who is not paying you to make these
 changes. In these cases you may want to be able to stay on the older
 versions for that site, while still allowing you to simultaneously install
 and use newer versions for newer sites. The current configuration of ports
 in MacPorts makes this possible.

 With mysql we have the added issue that some users are disenchanted with
 the notion that mysql is now owned by oracle, prompting both the original
 developer of mysql and others to fork mysql, so we now additionally have
 the mariadb and percona ports from which users can choose. In all ports
 that use mysql, we should offer variants for the user to choose which of
 these they want to use, and we should have a consistent default. That's
 tracked generally in #39961 and in a few other tickets for some individual
 ports.

 Any further discussion should probably occur on the mailing lists.

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